COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

AIR SERVICES ACT 1995

DIRECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 CONCERNING

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA

I, JOHN RANDALL SHARP, Minister of State for Transport and Regional

Development, acting pursuant to subsection 16(1) of the Air Services Act

1995 (the Act), HEREBY DIRECT Airservices Australia, for the purposes of

paragraph 8(1)(d) of the Act, to:

(a) assume responsibility for the operation of the aircraft noise complaints handling centre at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport to take effect as soon as possible; and

(b) assume responsibility for the operation of the aircraft noise complaints handling centres at Federal airports, other than Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, with effect from such date or dates agreed between Airservices Australia and the Federal Airports Corporation.

Dated this TWENTY NINTH day of MAY 1996

JOHN SHARP